# Fractures at NATIONS ROOF OF FLORIDA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025065977` · 6/23/2025 · CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Skylights or other existing roof openings
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** NATIONS ROOF OF FLORIDA, LLC
- **Location:** 12895 Automobile Blvd, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33762
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to replace a metal roof. The crew had set up roof anchors and self-retracting lifelines and was getting ready to install temporary metal panels over all existing skylights. The employee stepped backward and fell through a fiberglass skylight panel. He fell approximately 13 feet to the ground and was hospitalized with multiple rib fractures.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*